Smoking pipe



April 21, 1953 c. M. BREED 2,635,610

SMOKING PIPE Filed March 6, 1950 INVENTOR.

CARROLL M.BREED wmv/Mwah ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 21, 1953 4 UNITED e STATES PATENT OFFICE y 2,635,610V v SMOKING PIPE f 'Y Carroll M. Breed, Orlando, Fla. Application March 6, 1950, Serial No. 147,797

3 Claims.

It is an object of this inventiontogprovide a smoking pipe with a moisture collecting chamber in the form of a bore extending from thelower end of the bowl to the inner end of the pipe body and having the inner end closed by the stem for the pipe. The moisture collecting chamber may contain a suitable absorbent material in the form of .a cartridge capable of being readily inserted into and removed from the inner end ci vthe chamber or bore.

:"It is another feature of this invention to provide a litting readily attachable to the body of a smoking pipe and having a moisture collecting chamber communicating with the pipe bowl. According to the present invention the fitting is formed of a material which readily conforms Y to the contour of the part of the body engaged thereby and is removably secured in place by a resilient band adapted to encircle the pipe body adjacent the bowl. Q' It is still another object of this invention to provide a smoking pipe with means which assures affree and easy draw, regardless of the compact nature of the tobacco in the pipe bowl. This feature as well as the foregoingand othervobjects will be made more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when considered inconnection with the accompanying drawing, wherein: Y Y

fliigure l is a sectional view through a smoking pipe;

vFigure 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 2"-#2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is acrosssectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

j Figure 4 is a sectional view through a modified construction of smoking pipe;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of a y part of the pipe shown in Figure 4;

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are respectively sectional views taken on the lines 6-6, 1-1 and 8--8 of Figure 4.

- Referring rst to the embodiment of the 1nvention shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, it will. be noted that the numeral I designates a smoking pipe comprising a body II and a stem I2. The body I l has a bowl I3 anda shank I3'rprojecting from the bowl. The bowl I3 has a compartment I4 for smoking tobacco and has a moisture collecting recess I positioned belowthe compartment I4, The tobacco. com-V partment I4 is separated from lthe recess I5 by a partition in the form of a metal disc I6 supported within the bowl I3 on an annular shoulder II.

leitet :the outer end of the cartridge projects into the As shown particularly in Figure 1 of the drawing, a vertical tube I8 is supported in the bowl with the lower end seated on the bottom of the recess I5 and with the upper end projecting through-a central opening formed in the partition or plate I6, In the present instance the tube i8 is secured in place by a stud I9 projecting upwardly through an opening in the bottom of the bowl and threadably engaging the lower end portion of the tube I8. The upper end of the tube I8 is closed by a disc 20 having a diameter somewhat less than the internal diameter of the tobacco compartment I4 and havingthe peripheral portion 2| ilared in a downward direction toward the partition I5.

Referring again to Figure 1 of the drawing, it will be noted that the closure disc 20 is spaced above the partition I6 and the side Wall of the tube I3 immediately below the disc 20 is formed with a series of ports 22. The purpose of the ports 22 is to permit relatively free passage of smoke from the compartment I4 into the tube, and the purpose of the disc 20 is to shield the ports 22 against obstruction by tobacco when the latter is packed into the -compartment I4. The tube vI8 communicates intermediate the ends thereof with a smoke passage 23 which -extends from the tube I8 to the free end of the shank I3 on the body 4I I. In detail a tube 24 is secured within a bore formed in the shank I3 of the body II. The'outer end of the tube 24 projectsl into the recess I5 and through an opening formed in the adjacent wall of the vertical tube I8.4 The inner end of the tube 24 communicates with a counterbored recess 25 formed at the inner end of the bore in the shank I3.

A' port 26 is formed in the bottom of the tube 24 adjacent the vertical tube I8 to drain moisture from the smoke passage or tube 24 into the recess I5 of the pipe bowl I3. In the present instance the moisture is collected by a cartridge 21 of absorbent material housed in a bore 28 formed in theA body Il adjacent the bottom of the latter. The outer end of the bore opens into the recess I5, andthe inner end of the bore opens through the adjacent end of the body II. The construction is such as to permit the absorbent cartridge .2.1 to be readily inserted into and removed from the bore 28 through the open inner end of the Itwill be observed from Figure l that recess 1 I5 and is positioned directly below the drainage port 25 to receive moisture from the latter.

The stem'll2`lias' a smoke passage 29 there- 3 through adapted to register with the smoke passage 23, and a metal tube is secured in the passage 29. The tube 3D is of a diameter less than the internal diameter of the tube 24 and is adapted to telescope into the tube 24 when the stem is attached to the body The outer end of the stem is enlarged and corresponds in shape to the adjacent inner end of the pipe body As shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, the outer end of the stem has two projections 3| and 32. The projection 3| is of a size to iit into the counterbore '25, and the projection 32 ts into vention shown in Figures 4 to 8 inclusive, i t will be noted that the numeral designates'a ttihg' which is readily attachable to a smokingpipe of conventional shape. In general the smoking pipe has the usual body part 36 and stem part 31. The outer end of the body-part is shaped to form a bowl 38, and the inner end is counterbored to receive the outer end of the stern 31.

In the present instance the bowl 38 has a tobacco compartment 39 -anda recess 40 located below the compartment 39. The -recess 40 is separated from the tobacco compartment 39 by a plate 4| having the peripheral portion seated on `an annula-r shoulder formed in the bowl, and having the central portion depressed or formed to provide a depending tubular section 42. The tubular section 42 is reduced to form a vertical tube 43, vand to provide an annular shoulder 44. The lower end `of the tubular section 43 engages the bottom of the recess 40, and communicates with an opening formed in the bottom of the bowl 38. Sleeved within the tubular part 42 is a tube 46. The lower end of the tube 46 is seated on the 'lower end'of the shoulder 44 and upper end of the tube .projects above the partition 4|. A disc `41 closes the upper end of the .tube 46, and the peripheral portion of the disc projects beyond the side wall ofthe tube.

A series of ports 48 vare .formed in the-side wall of the -tube 46 adjacent the upper end of the latter in a position to beprotetedagainst 0bstruction by the `closure disc 41. Theports 48 permit free passage of smoke from the vcompartment39 into the recess 40 through outlet openings 4S formed in the side wall of the tubul-ar section 4 3. The smoke discharged into the recess 40 through the openings 49 enters a smoke passage 5G -formed in thepipe body'w-hich extends from `the recess -to the smoke passage 5| inthe stem 31.

The tting 35 is readily conformableto the contour of the portions of the pipe engaged thereby, and in the present instance is shown molded from a resilient materaL'suchas rubber or synthetic-rubber. 1t will be noted from Figure 4 that v.the tting snugly engages'the pipe body 36 and the stem 31 at the undersides of th1attor, and is held in place by a 'strap 53 V'fortified integral with the iitting and adapted Yto slip over the stern to enable positioning the saine around the body 436 of the pipe adjacent the bowl 38.

The fitting .35 has areoesss which cooperates with the underside of the pipe body 3 6 to form a moisture collecting chamber 55. This cham'- ber communicates with the interior of the recess 40 in the pipe bowl through the opening 45, and preferably contains a cartridge 56 of absorbent material. Thus the moisture 'drained from the bowl ofthe pipe is absorbedinthe cartridge 56 and the latter may bereplaced by merely de'- taching the fitting 35 from the pipe body.

'bwl providing a tobacco compartment at the top'of #the bowl and a Vmoisture collecting recess at the. bottom of the bowl, said body having a vs'xr'ioke"passage, a vertical tube in the bowl extending upwardly through the partition, said tube having the upper end closed and having a port in the side Wall spaced above the partition for the passage of smoke, an outlet tube connected 'tothe vertical tube intermediate' the ends thereof and to the smoke passage and having an opening located to drain moisturefrom the outlet vtube -into 'the moisture collecting recess, and a 'stem Vattachable to the inner end of the body fand having a passage Yregistering with :the

smoke passage .in vtno body.

2. The smoking pipe'setforth in claim .1 in.

which said body has'a borefcontaining absorbent material which extends from theinner'end J'of the body and opens'finto'the lmoisture collecting recess adjacent the bottom vof the latter, and in whichpipe the inner :end of the bore is close bythe stem. I

--3. -Asmoki'nglpipe comprising a body `having an upwardly `opening bowl, fa partition in the bowl providing a tobacco compartment at the top oi 'thebowland amoisture collecting .recess at'the-bottom of lthe bowl, said body'having a smoke passage, a vertical tubelin the :bowl eirtending upwardly Ythrough the partition, said tube fh a 'port in the Aside wall l-space'diaboveithe partition-for the passage l'ofrsmoke, an outlet tube connected -to Athe vertical tubeintermediate the ends thereof and to the smoke passage and having an openingllocated to drain moisturefrom the-'oiitle't'ftibe into the recess, :a bore in theA body below the smoke passage and extendingfrom'l'the inn'e'rendof the body :to the recess, an absorbent material housed in the bore for vcol"- looting? moisture draining into thefrecess, and a stem attachable to the inner end vof the body and having la projectionfengageable in the adjacent end of the bore.

- CARRQLL M. BREED.

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